Hem line marker



April 17, 1951 D. M. VAN LIEW HEM LINE MARKER 7 Filed Aug. 13, 1948 IN V EN TOR.

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My present invention relates to an improved hem l ne marker of the type adapted to mark the line of a hem for a skirt so that the line will be equidistant from the floor at all points along the line.

According to my invention I employ a supply of powdered chalk or other suitable material which may be by compressed air discharged in a small stream against the sk rt to mark the hem line and the nozzle for the discharge of the stream is, of course, vertically adjustable to provide for hem lines of different heights above the floor.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention according to the best mode I have thus far devised, but it will be understood that various changes and alterations may be made in the exempl fied structure within the scone of the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the marker of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional v ew thereof.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the standard in section.

Referring now to the drawings wherein I have illustrated the present preferred embodiment of my invention, I employ a base 2 here shown as triangular but which may be of any suitable shape.

To support the base in spaced relation from the floor and provide for easy mobility I secure to the base a series of casters 4 journaled by ball bearings 6 which are received in ball race 8 and the shaft it carries the caster wheel l2.

A collar I4 having a flange [6 is positioned in the central aperture I8 of the base to secure the tubular standard 20 which has calibrations 22 thereon to indicate the height of the marker. The upper end of the standard is curved as at 24 to form a handle 26, and the open end of the handle is closed by a plug 28.

The marker comprises a collar 30 adjustably secured on the standard by set screw 32 and secured to and extending about the collar is a drum container 34. A one-way valve 36 provides communication between the interior of the drum and a compressor cylinder 38 in which I provide a hand actuated piston 40 having rod 42 and knob 44. The head 46 is secured by screws 48.

In the fiange 52 of the drum I secure the nipple 54 of nozzle 56 the orifice 58 being valved by valve 60 ported at 62 and having a grip 64.

Within the drum I employ a closed receptacle 66, the lid 68 being removable, for storage of powdered chalk l0, and a lower tube 12 positioned so that the end 14 thereof is below and at right angles to the orifice.

Thus when the drum is charged with compressed air, and the valve 60 is opened, the jet of air will draw chalk from the tube and receptacle spraying the chalk in a fine line about the skirt worn by a model, as the marker and base are manually moved about the wearer.

The chalk line will indicate the hem line, and of course the chalk line is easily removed when the sewin is complete.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In the garment marker described having a vertically adjustable compressed-air drum, the combination of a powdered chalk-receptacle mounted in the drum adjacent a side wall, an exterior and valved air-nozzle mounted in said side wall and open to the interior of the drum, a chalkconveying tube connected to an aperture in the base of the receptacle, and said tube terminating in an upwardly projecting discharge end adjacent to and in front of the nozzle.

DELORA M. VAN LIEW.

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